Research & Development
Prof. Joseph Ciarrochi
Bridging the gap between psychological science and everyday life.
Research & Development
Bridging the gap between psychological science and everyday life.
Joseph Ciarrochi, PhD, is a professor at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education at Australian Catholic University. He has spent his career working to understand what helps people thrive — and how to turn that understanding into practical tools that make a real difference in people's lives.
He has published hundreds of scientific papers and several books, including Emotional Intelligence in Everyday Life, The Weight Escape, and What Makes You Stronger. His work has been featured on television, radio, and in print media, and is widely cited by researchers around the world.
Joseph is passionate about making therapy more personalised. Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, his research focuses on understanding each person as an individual — what makes them tick, what gets in the way, and what helps them move toward a life that matters to them.
He is a recognised contributor to process-based therapy (PBT), an approach that looks at the underlying processes of change that are common across different types of therapy. The idea is simple: instead of competing schools of thought, we can find common ground in what actually works.
He has also helped develop personalised methods for understanding human behaviour — approaches that track how individuals change over time, rather than relying solely on group averages. This means better-tailored support for each person.